Before addressing their plans for the No. 4 pick in the NBA draft, the Charlotte Bobcats had a bit of a fire to put out.

Rumors circulated Tuesday that the Bobcats had interest in trading second-year player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Bobcats general manager Rich Cho was swift in saying they did not plan to make such a move.

"We're not shopping MKG," Cho said. "First off all, I wouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet. So, we're not shopping MKG. We're very happy with MKG. One of our jobs is to listen to every team in the league and their proposals. We’re very, very happy with MKG"

The No. 4 pick, well, that's a different story.

Charlotte has considered every possible scenario when it comes to their No. 4 pick in Thursday's NBA draft—trading up, trading back, shopping it for future picks or moving it for players. There's also the chance they won't cut any deal and will pick the best player available. Only a day removed from the draft, Charlotte remains unsure what course of action it will take.

“The process is ongoing, and right now we have some guys that we’ve targeted for the No. 4 slot," said Rod Higgins, Bobcats president of basketball operations. "But to sit here and say, ‘OK, we’re going to definitely pick this player.’ We don’t know what’s going to happen in front of us. That’s the fun part about this time of the year.”

But, in the past, things were a bit clearer around this time of year. The 2013 NBA Draft has been criticized and called weak for months now. It doesn't appear that general opinion will shift before picks are rolling and players are being taken.

The Bobcats remain comfortable that, if they remain at No. 4, they'll come out of Thursday with a player capable of helping improve their 21-61 record from last season.

“I think where we’re picking, up high, we’re going to get a good player," Chos said. "I know everybody says the draft is weak, but I really feel we’re going to get a good player.”

Many players the Bobcats would have liked a closer look at were either injured or didn't workout for the team. Nerlens Noel, Alex Len and Anthony Bennett—all considered top-10 picks—couldn't participate in workouts because of injuries suffered in their final collegiate season. Victor Oladipo and Ben McLemore, players who could fill the Bobcats' hole at shooting guard, did not workout for the team, and Cho has a theory about that.

“It’s not necessarily that they didn’t think it was a good fit and they didn’t want to workout for us," Cho said. "Our philosophy has been if a guy wants to workout we want him to workout. There were a few guys that only wanted to workout and shoot.

“We don’t want to watch a one-on-zero workout. We’ve seen these guys a ton, not only in games but in practices. We’ve seen them shoot. We want to watch them compete. And it’s every player and agents prerogative to say, ‘Hey, I just want to do a one-on-zero workout.”

At this point, the time for workouts has passed and the time to choose is upon us. In its most recent drafts, Charlotte has taken Kidd-Gilchrist, Kemba Walker and Bismack Biyombo. Kidd-Gilchrist and Walkers have proven to be serviceable players, but several holes remain in the Bobcats roster.

"Obviously, our core is young," Higgins said. "You look at some of the things we lacked in last year, defensively we have to get better, our perimeter shooting has to get better. I think that helps you to compete night and night out in this league. Those are going to be some of the needs hopefully we address (Thursday) night as well as in free agency."